According to the teaching of the Bible and our spiritual experience, there is something called the consciousness of the Body of Christ issuing from our enjoyment of Christ as the Head; the consciousness of the Body is the sense of Christ’s life within us, and this sense of the Body is universal. Lord Jesus, thank […]
Living in the Reality of the Body by having the Consciousness of the Body of Christ
In order for us to live in the reality of the Body of Christ together with the other members of the Body, we all need to have the consciousness of the Body of Christ; in the Body, there can be no independence or individualism but rather, we treasure the Body, we are members, and we […]
Going Forward in God’s Glorious Goal to Enjoy Christ with all the Saints in the Body
The story in Num. 32 needs to be a warning to us, for if we care too much about ourselves and our enjoyment but not for God’s people, not being willing to go forward, we will not be able to fulfill God’s will and plan or reach God’s glorious goal. Outwardly what the two and […]
Live in the Inward Parts of Christ to Cultivate the Consciousness of the Body of Christ
If we as members of the Body of Christ have the consciousness of the Body of Christ and see others suffer or being blessed, we will identify with them and feel the same hardship or blessing (see 1 Cor. 12:26-27). When we were regenerated by God with the divine life, we received not only the […]
Cultivating the Sense of Christ’s Life within us to have the Sense of the Body
As members of the Body of Christ, we need to have the consciousness of the Body and a feeling for the Body, that is, we need to exercise and cultivate the sense of Christ’s life within us until it becomes the universal sense of the Body of Christ. In our physical body there is a […]
we need to exercise and cultivate the inward sense of the divine life to have the sense of the Body!
What is the sense of the Body? What does it mean to have the consciousness of the Body of Christ? What does “having an awareness of the Body” imply? This morning I was encouraged to find out that it all starts with taking care of the sense of the divine life within us. Just as […]